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Rio Olympics Day 10

Athletics

Poor show of Indian athletes continues

Seema Antil Punia finished ninth in her qualifying group and 20th overall to crash out of the women's discus throw event. Her best throw was of 57.58m which was nowhere close to the 62m needed for qualification.

Lalita Babar finishes tenth in steeplechase final

Lalita became the first woman athlete from India to qualify for the finals of an individual track event ever since PT Usha did so in 400m hurdles in 1984 Olympics.

Satisfied, but not happy : Lalita

After finishing 10th in the women's 3000m steeplechase finals, Lalita said that she was satisfied for finishing the race in top ten but not for the timing she finished it in; and could have done better.

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Boxing

India boxers exit medal-less

With Shiva Thapa and Manoj Kumar already out of Olympics, India's last boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav also crashed out after failing to win in the quarter-finals of the men's 75kg event.

He lost to world number 3, Bektemir Melikuziev, ending India's boxing campaign at the Rio Olympics.

Melikuziev was dominating throughout the game and was no match for the Indian boxer.

Ravinder Khatri goes down in first round

Indian wrestler Ravinder Khatri lost to Hungary's Viktor Lorincz in the first round of men's Greco-Roman wrestling. Ravinder lost 0-9 by technical superiority and crashed out of the tournament.

16 Aug 2016

Kidambi, Sindhu advance to quarterfinals, keep medal hopes alive

With a burden of winning a medal on their shoulders, Indian badminton players Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu advanced to quarter-finals in their individual events.

With an aggressive play, Srikanth beat Denmark's Jan Jorgensen 21-19, 21-19. He will face two time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China next.